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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICEJVN :melun-EAR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,573, dateldMay 2, 1865. r

. To all whom mfr/y concern."

Be it known that I, LYNFORD ROWLAND, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a vnew and Improved Bail -Ear for Buckets and other Vessels, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in' the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciieation.

The present invention consists in certain` new and useful improvements in bail-ears for buckets, kettles, andother vessels, whereby the ear can be set in such a position upon the sides of the buckets `as to permit the handle to be swung entirely below the top of the same-a result never before accomplished, and the advantage of which is evident-and, moreover,

. greater strength imparted to the ear than ing of the eye or opening b, in which the handle of thebucket swings, `formed at thelupper` end of a short shaft, e, placed in the groove d,

`and flush, or nearly so," with the rear surfaeeof plate f. This shaft c is securely fastened by bending and passing its lower end through the opening g of said `plate and nipping it in any proper manner against `the front` surface of the same, as seen at h invFig. 4. The bailear as th us formed is then fastened by screws, or in any proper manner, `.to the bucketfor` other vessel, `when the `ordinary bucket-han?` die is inserted," see Fig. `l; butbymy imw provements and peculiar construction bf the bail-ear, as described, it isapparent that it can be attached to the side ofthe bucket loe-1` low its top, thus allowinga freeswingfor the handle belowtherim. Also, by increasing the length of the bearingor pulling point" of the eyerod` upon the ear-plate f, as del` scribed and repr" sented, I` greatly increase its` strength, as is evident. i y l The bail-earslcan be-made of malleableor wrought iron,` or of any desired metal. y l

Having thus described my invention,` I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent, as an improved article of manufacture--`- A bail-ear for buckets, and other vessels, made substantially as herein shown and ,de-.

scribed. y l p LYNFORD ROWLAND. Q Witnesses: y, A 1 z M. M. LIVINGSTON,

C. L. Torrini?. 

